Dr Rachel MacKenzie

B.App.Sci (Psych), DPsych (Clinical), MAPS

Dr. Rachel MacKenzie is a senior clinical psychologist who has been involved in the research and treatment of stalkers for more than a decade. She has extensive clinical experience in the assessment and management of stalkers and stalking behaviours. She completed her doctorate on the systematic assessment of stalkers and in 2002, established the specialist stalkers clinic at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health (Forensicare) with Professor Paul Mullen. She continues to work in Forensicare’s community-based Problem Behaviour Program in Melbourne, Australia, where she conducts expert evaluations and provides management recommendations for the courts, correctional services and other health providers, as well as providing treatment for stalkers, sex offenders and violent offenders and secondary consultation and supervision of staff and students in these areas. Dr MacKenzie also operates a private clinical and forensic practice specialising in the assessment and treatment of both stalkers and stalking victims and victims of sexual abuse, for organisations and individuals. Being in the unusual position of working with both perpetrators and victims of stalking, she has been able to integrate her knowledge from both perspectives to develop a comprehensive approach to stalking situations. Dr MacKenzie has presented on risk assessment and the management and treatment of stalkers at national and international conferences and provides education on prevention and management of stalking situations in the public and private sectors.